The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 493
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIVE, PRIVATE SECURITY, AND REPOSSESSION SERVICES

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F.S. 493.6110

493.6110 Licensee’s insurance.—A Class “B” agency license may not be issued unless the applicant first files with the department a certification of insurance evidencing commercial general liability coverage. The coverage shall provide the department as an additional insured for the purpose of receiving all notices of modification or cancellation of such insurance. Coverage shall be written by an insurance company which is lawfully engaged to provide insurance coverage in Florida. Coverage shall provide for a combined single-limit policy in the amount of at least $300,000 for death, bodily injury, property damage, and personal injury. Coverage shall insure for the liability of all employees licensed by the department while acting in the course of their employment.

(1) The licensed agency shall notify the department of any claim against such insurance.

(2) The licensed agency shall notify the department immediately upon cancellation of the insurance policy, whether such cancellation was initiated by the insurance company or the insured agency.

(3) The agency license shall be automatically suspended upon the date of cancellation unless evidence of insurance is provided to the department prior to the effective date of cancellation.

History.—ss. 2, 11, ch. 90-364; s. 4, ch. 91-248; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 2005-143.

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Amendments to 493.6110

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 493.6110

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 493.6110.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SOUTHERN ADJUSTMENT SERVICES, INC. v. AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA,, 723 So. 2d 285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Southern procured this insurance to meet the licensing requirements of section 493.6110, Florida Statutes . . . malicious prosecution, libel, slander, defamation of character, and violation of the right of privacy.... § 493.6110 . . . Because section 493.6110 requires it to obtain general liability coverage for its business, which, as . . . Although section 493.6110 is not artfully drafted, it does not expressly require an insurer to provide . . .